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New "Get a Mac" TV ads

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-amusing-to-pass-the-day dept.

Klaidas writes "Apple has introduced 3 new "Get a Mac" TV ads: "Accident", "Angle/Devil" and "Trust Mac" " Normally, posting ads would be make me cry, but these are genuinely funny and well done.

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  1. I guess all this stems from... by Aphrika · · Score: 1, Troll

    ...the fact that from a hardware perspective, a Mac and a PC are now pretty much the same, except in design, OS, name and - most importantly for Apple - price. I mean what makes a Mac a Mac? The OS, plain and simple.

    This seems to have forced Apple into a slightly more childish "Our Intel-powered box is better than yours" where they really have nothing else to focus on apart from the small physical design elements such as the magnetic power cord and built in camera, and a different OS. As I mentioned in a previous post a while back, by moving to Intel, Apple have less and less differentiating them from Windows PCs and it's going to make it harder and harder for them to command unique selling points from a hardware perspective.

    Unfortunately for me, this only reinforces the question:

    why Apple, won't you let me run your OS on other Intel hardware?

    My own answer to this would be that it's because they're a gnat's pube away from becoming a software company, and they're holding on to their bespoke hardware business for dear life. Once OSX is opened up to other Intel boxes (as I think it should be), what are the compelling reasons for buying an Apple?

    (incidentally, is it just me or does anyone else find the Mac guy condescending, arrogant and bloody annoying?)

  2. Re:It's old by Pink+Tinkletini · · Score: 0, Troll

    What makes you think we want you on our platform to begin with, beige boy? These ads aren't meant for you.

    --
    And now, a PSA from David Lynch.
  3. Re:I don't care for these commercials by CheechWizz · · Score: 0, Troll
    No, if you're truly creative it doesn't matter what you use, creativity is not in the tools but how you use them.

    There's nothing you can do on a mac you can't do on a windows PC except for some of apple's own applications like motion or final cut (and motion isn't gonna satisfy anybody who wants to do motion graphics it's a nice app for homemovies but that's about it, final cut is pretty cool tho I must admit and much better than Premiere although I havent used that in a while so that could've changed).

    At best a Mac makes you appear more creative.